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King George V - class battleships
- Title
- King George V - class battleships / Daniel Knowles.
- Author
- Knowles, Daniel
- Publication
- United Kingdom : Fonthill Media Limited, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Following the First World War, the major naval powers entered into agreements restricting the construction and number of capital ships. By the late 1920s, the Royal Navy's battle fleet was comprised of the two ships of the Nelson-class, the battlecruisers Hood, Renown and Repulse, as well as the Revenge-and Queen Elizabeth-classes, ships that were largely designed before the First World War. In 1935, with the realisation that its battle fleet was becoming dated, the Royal Navy recommenced planning capital ships within inter-war treaty limitations. The result was the King George V-class battleship. Regarded by some as the worst of the new generation of battleships, the King George V-class were Britain's most modern battleship during the Second World War and saw action in famous engagements such as the sinking of the Bismarck and Scharnhorst to the surrender of Japan."--Publisher's description.
- Alternative Title
- King George the 5th
- King George the fifth
- V class battleships
- Subject
- Great Britain. Royal Navy > History > 20th century
- Repulse (Battle cruiser)
- Hood (Battle cruiser)
- Renown (Battle cruiser)
- Great Britain. Royal Navy
- 1900-1999
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations
- Battleships > History
- King George V Class (Battleships: 1940-1957)
- Revenge Class (Battleships)
- Battleships
- Military operations, Naval
- Sea control
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references ([366]-374) and index.
- Call Number
- JFF 23-874
- ISBN
- 9781781558393
- 1781558396
- OCLC
- 1343101710
- Author
- Knowles, Daniel, author.
- Title
- King George V - class battleships / Daniel Knowles.
- Publisher
- United Kingdom : Fonthill Media Limited, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references ([366]-374) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFF 23-874